Stephen King: Insomnia (USA 2016)

From the Publisher:
Ralph Roberts never expected to live out his remaining golden years mourning the death of his beloved wife. He also never expected to begin suffering from chronic insomnia for the first time in his life. Each night he wakes up a little bit earlier, until he's barely sleeping at all. During his overnight walks, he's now observing some strange things going on here in Derry, Maine -- and they're more than sleep-deprived hallucinations. There's definitely a mean streak that's always been running through this small New England city; underneath its ordinary surface, awesome and terrifying forces are at work. The dying has been going on in Derry for a long. long time, and Ralph Roberts will soon find that lack of sleep is the least of his worries...

"ONE OF KING'S TRUE MASTERPIECES." -- THE GUARDIAN (UK)
"SLAM-BANG... KING REMAINS POPULAR FICTION'S MOST RELIABLE MIRROR OF... OUR CONTINUING LOVE AFFAIR WITH HORROR." -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

STEPHEN KING is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. Holly was a New York Times Notable Book of 2023, and 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by the editors of the New York Times Book Review. King is the recipient of the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.

Stephen King: Insomnia. A Novel. Gallery Books, ISBN: 9781501144226 (February, 2016), 912 p., $19.99, eBook $9.99.

Stephen King: Insomnia (UK 2011)

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There is a reason why Stephen King is one of the bestselling writers in the world, ever. Described by John Connolly as 'utterly compelling' and by the Daily Express as an author 'who can create an entire world and make the reader live in it', Stephen King writes stories that draw you in and are impossible to put down.

You'll lose a lot of sleep.

Ralph does. At first he starts waking up earlier. And earlier. Then the hallucinations start the colours, shapes and strange auras. Not to mention the baid doctors who always tum up at the scene of a death,

That's when Ralph begins to lose a lot more than sleep. When he begins to understand why his hitherto mild-mannered friend, Eo, is getting out of control-dangerously so. And why his home town is about to become the new Armageddon

A supreme page turner...and a plot that will keep you awake at night' -- GQ
'Popular fiction at its best' -- THE TIMES

Stephen King: Insomnia. Morning will come. Just pray you're here to see it. Hodder Paperbacks, ISBN: 9781444707854 (May, 2011), 902 p., £9.99.

Stephen King: Insomnia (USA 1995)

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RALPH ROBERTS CAN'T FALL ASLEEP -- BUT HE'S STILL HAVING NIGHTMARES
Ralph Roberts used to be an ordinary guy-until insomnia robbed him of sleep. Now he's no longer ordinary -- he can see horrible things happening to the people of Derry, Maine. He can see how, one by one, they are turning into monsters straight from hell.

He'd like to call them nightmares, but he's wide awake. He can't call himself crazy. because there is another person who sees these happenings, too. But even if seeing is believing, it still doesn't give him a clue of how to stop these deadly, demonic visions from coming true....

Stephen King: Insomnia. Signet, ISBN: 0451184963 (September, 1995), 672 p., $7.50.

Stephen King: Insomnia (UK 1995)

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You'll lose a lot of sleep.
Ralph does. At first he starts waking up earlier. And earlier. Then the hallucinations start - the colours, shapes and strange auras. Not to mention the bald doctors who always turn up at the scene of a death.

That's when Ralph begins to lose a lot more than sleep. When he begins to understand why his hitherto mild-mannered friend, Ed, is getting out of control -dangerously so. And why his home town is about to become the new Armageddon.

An evil of unimaginable proportions has found a way in and Ralph has only one chance to beat it. The stakes. are high they always are when you're playing for human souls. With a Joker in the pack... a bald one with a rusty scalpel.

A RELENTLESS WAKING NIGHTMARE IN WHICH THE MASTER OF HORROR AND SUSPENSE GUARANTEES YOU SURE WON'T REST IN PEACE.

'popular fiction at its best' -- The Times
'a supreme page-turner... and a plot that will keep you awake at night' -- GQ

Stephen King: Insomnia. Hodder & Stoughton / New English Library, ISBN: 0450608484 (July, 1995), 760 p., £5.99.

Stephen King: Insomnia (UK 1994)

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You'll lose a lot of sleep.
Ralph does. At first he finds it hard to drop off. Then he starts waking up earlier. And earlier. But that isn't when he begins to see things. Colours, shapes, strange auras around his friends. Not to mention the bald doctors who always turn up at the scene of a death. The evil-looking one clutching a rusty scalpel. All that comes later.

After Susan Edwina Day's visit to the town of Derry, Maine, is announced when the once placid town starts to divide over women's issues. And the hitherto mild-mannered Ed Deepneau gets out of control -- dangerously so.

That's when Ralph begins to lose a lot more than sleep. When he begins to understand why Ed is obsessed with the notion that Derry is becoming the new Armageddon. And to realise that time is ticking away for the residents of his home town.

An evil of unimaginable proportions has found a way in. And Ralph has one chance to beat it. In a card game. The stakes are high. They always are when you're playing for human souls. With a Joker in the pack... a bald one with a rusty scalpel...

INSOMNIA is a relentless waking nightmare in which the master of horror and suspense guarantees you sure won't rest in peace.

Stephen King: Insomnia. Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN: 0340608455 (October, 1994), 650 p., £15.99.

Stephen King: Insomnia (USA 1994)

From the Publisher:
Ralph Roberts has a problem: he isn't sleep-the worse: ing so well those days. In fact, he's hardly sleeping at all. Each ming, the news con-veyed by the bedside clock 3:15... 3:02. 2:45 2:15. The books call it "premature waking"; Ralph, who is still learning to be a widower, calls it a season in hell. He's begun to notice a strangeness in his familiar surroundings, to experience visual phenomena that he can't quite believe are hallucinations. Soon, Ralph thinks, he won't be sleeping at all, and what then?

A problem, yes -- though perhaps not so uncommon, you might say. But Ralph has lived his entire life in Derry, Maine, and Derry isn't like other places, as millions of Stephen King readers will gladly testify. They remember It, also set in Derry, and know there's a mean streak running through this small New England city; underneath its ordinary surface awesome and terrifying forces are at work.

The dying, natural and otherwise, has been going on in Derry for a long, long time. Now Ralph is part of it. So are his friends. And so are the strangers they encounter.

You, Gentle Reader, may never sleep again. Welcome to Insomnia.

STEPHEN KING lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, the novelist Tabitha King. He refuses to go into the cellar of his home, having come to believe that a velociraptor is waiting for him under the stairs by the fuse-box with its eyes gleaming and its nasty little claws outstretched.

Stephen King: Insomnia. Viking, ISBN: 0670855030 (October, 1994), 787 p., $27.95.